Writing about food since 2004.
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Housekeeping
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I Am Latte Art
I’ve seen some pretty impressive latte art in my day (remember when I learned how to make it?) but never have I seen my own face staring back at me. Until now! Thanks, Lindy, for another impressive banner. (Don’t forget you can see all of Lindy’s previous banners in The Banner Gallery.)
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A Grinchy New Banner
This month, I’m “a three decker sauerkraut and toadstool sandwich, with arsenic sauce” thanks to the talents of Lindy Groening. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
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A Thanksgiving Banner, Fewer Ads
Load up the site today and things’ll be looking a bit different. First of all, there’s the terrific new banner from Lindy Groening which came to me on a whim while we were brainstorming potential Thanksgiving Day banners for November. So thanks, Lindy, for that. And then you’ll notice there’s no more giant ad over…
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How I Fixed The Lighting In My Kitchen
Last we talked about my L.A. kitchen, I’d mentioned how much I hated the overhead lighting. Fitted with a round, white fluorescent bulb that would be difficult to replace, the resulting light had all the charm of a middle school science lab or the waiting room of a hospital. I tried to time my cooking…
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A Gory Banner
I’ll confess that I didn’t immediately get this month’s Halloween-themed banner by Lindy Groening. When I asked her what was happening in the image, she wrote: “In tribute to all those people who have filmed their own horror movie using ketchup for blood…It’s you, stabbing the ketchup bottle, as ketchup flies out everywhere, and zombie…
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Setting Up Our New Kitchen
The last time that you saw our new California kitchen was in this post, “Our New Kitchen.” But that was our kitchen the way it was set up before we arrived. Now that we’re here, big decisions had to be made: where do I put the plates? Where do I put the spoons? Where do…
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A Fresh New Look
For the past few weeks, my fearless website designer Raphael Brion has been slaving away trying to make this site look even better. And, if you look up, look down, look left, look right, I think you’ll have to agree: Raphael hit this one out of the park. My blog was the dowdy girl with…
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Our New Kitchen
It happened, people. We found an L.A. apartment in a great location that’s clean, in a great neighborhood (Franklin Village, right beneath the Hollywood sign) and–most important to me–with a bright and sunny kitchen. I mean look at it. Wouldn’t you want to spend a lot of time in there cooking? We move in on…
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Sandwich Contest Winners
Thank you to everyone who submitted sandwich recipes to win tickets to the Serious Eats All-Star Sandwich event. After careful analysis, I’ve chosen two winners: congrats to Esther (of Ambitious Deliciousness) who submitted an impressive Asian-flavored pulled pork sandwich; and congrats to Sam (of Sam L. Roth) who submitted a Banh Mi Hot Dog. Winners,…
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Belated Patriotism
Clear your cache and load up this month’s banner, which features me as your dear old Uncle Sam. Thanks to Lindy for her brilliant work and to Raphael for nailing it up on the wall.
